Freight car



W. E. WINE FREIGHT CAR Jan. 15, 1929.

Filed April 50, 1927 men mllia Patented Jan. 15, 1929.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM E. WINE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

FREIGHT CAI-2..

Application filed April 30, 1927. Serial No. 187,842.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in freight cars and more particularly to a gondola car of the composite type.

This form of freight car has the sides and ends formed of wood, reinforced however by metal stakes that generally extend from the top to the bottom of the sides, while additional metal braces extend between the vertical side stakes.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a composite type freight. car. wherein a metal angle plate is designed to extend along the entire upper edge of the side of the car, to which in turn will be secured the vertical stakes, cross braces will be secured at their upper edge to the vertical stakes and to the longitudinally extending plate, while a protecting channel will in turn be secured along the upper edge of the angle late. p Both sides of the car Will be formed in the above manner so that. a description of one side will be a description of both.

Still another object of the invention is to provide this upper longitudinally extend ing plate with a rib or angle portion, so that it will protect the upper surface of the uppermost row of wooden sheathing or planks.

In the composite types of freight cars now in use today, the upper row of planks or sheathings that form the sides of the car soon become damaged and worn by the loading of coal or freight or other material in the car, making it necessary to replace the planking or sheathing at frequent intervals.

Still another object of the invention there fore is to provide a composite type of freight car, where the upper row of sheathing or wooden planks are protected from injury. and the protecting means being a portion of the longitudinally extending reinforcing angle member or plate, to which in turn are secured the vertical stakes and cross braces.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain new and novel features of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the freight car, showing the invention,

and cross braces to the longitudinally extending beam or plate,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view takenon line 33 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows and Fig.4 is a fragmentary view taken from inside of the car.

Referring now more specifically to the several figures, there is shown a freight car 1, the sides being built up of the ordinary planks 2, while on the sides and adjacent the uppermost row of planks 3 there is secured a metal plate 4 that preferably extends through-out the entire length of the car and will be securely fastened at its respective ends to the corner posts 5'.

This plate 4 has the small rib or angular portion 6 extending at right angles to the body of the plate, which is an integral part thereof and is disposed along the bottom edge of the plate 4. The width of this angular rib 6 is the same as the thickness of the planks 3 and completely covers the upper surface of these planks as may be clearly seen in Fig. 3.

Secured to the upper edge of the beam or plate 4 may be seen the channel 7, which is riveted through its one leg 8 to the plate 4, while the outer leg of the channel is slightly thicker in cross section as at 9 and is slightly chamferedon its inner surface.

Placed at desired intervals along the sides of the car are the uprights or stakes 10, preferably channels, which are bolted securely to the aforementioned planks or siding of the car and extends to the upper edge of the car to snugly fit within the channel 7 as may be seen in the several views.

Not only are these stakes 10 bolted to the Wooden sheathing, but they are securely riveted to the metal plate 4, as may also be seen in the several views.

To strengthen the car and direct the loads in the proper manner, a plurality of cross braces 11, also preferably channels, are provided which are fastened at. their lower ends to the side sills and to the lower ends of the uprights 10.

An important feature of the invention however is the manner in which they are also secured at their upper end.

Referring again for the moment to the uprights 10, it will be seen that at a point 12, I

' cut away a portion of one leg of the upright channel, so that when the channel-shaped cross brace is ofi-set slightly as at 13, it. may

lie flat and contact with the body portion of the stake 10 and extend to the far side thereof as at 14, also extending up under the channel 7 that extends along the entire upper edge of the side of the car.

Rivet holes are then formed in the stakes 10, cross braces 11 and the plate l, so that rivets 15 may pass through these three metal elements and tightly lock the parts with relation to each other.

In this manner, I am able to considerably brace the sides of the car while at the same time I have devised a construction wherein a few rivets will tie the braces tightly together and in turn tie these braces to a metal plate that extends the entire length of the car. This plate in turn is so formed as to protect the upper row of planking and in turn has a protecting channel or angle member secured thereto that protects the entire upper metal edge of the car.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have also provided a composite type of car which is relatively cheap to manufacture, wherein the wooden sides will be well braced and strengthened and wherein the upper edge of the car is also exceptionally braced. Furthermore the several channels and plates may be easily procured in the open market or bent with but little difficulty in the shops of the builder.

As heretofore mentioned, both the sides will be formed in the same manner. The cross braces are all of the one type and size, although extending in the opposite directions on the opposite halves of the car as is cus tomary.

Many slight changes might be made without in any way departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

1 claim:

1. A freight car having wooden sides and a metal plate on each side of the car, extending substantially through-out the length of the car, an angular member secured to said plate along its upper edge and also extending through-out the length of the sides of the car. vertical and cross braces respectively riveted to each other and to the respective longitudinally extending plates.

2. A freight car having wooden sides, each of saidv sides having a long metal plate disposed along the upper edge thereof, said plate having a portion covering the upper wooden surface of the side, vertical and cross braces formed of metal members, the said cross braces and vertical stakes respectively riveted to each other and to the said metal plate, an angular member secured along the upper edge of the metal plate and over-lying the upper edges of the said vertical stakes and cross braces.

3. A composite type gondola car having on each side a metal plate extending the entire length of the car and a portion of each plate over-lapping the respective upper- .most surfaces of the wooden sides, vertical and cross braces formed of channels, the said cross braces being off-set near their upper end, so that each cross brace will snugly fit its respective vertical stake, theurespective cross braces and vertical stakes riveted to the respective upper plates and an angular member riveted to each plate and over-lapping the upper ends of the respective cross braces and vertical stakes.

4. A freight car of the composite type and having on each side a longitudinally extendingmetal plate having a portion covering the uppermost surface of the Wooden sides, vertical stakes and cross braces formed of channel members, each of said vertical stakes having a portion removed at its upper end and each of the cross braces being ofiset at its upper end and extending across its vvertical stake, and rivets securing the respective cross braces, vertical stakes and longitudinal plate together.

5. A freight car comprising in part a Wooden side, a metal plate disposed along the upper edge of the wooden side and covering the upper surface of the wooden side, an an ular member secured along the upper edge of the metal plat-e and extending outwardly and downwardly, a vertical stake secured to the Wooden side and to the metal plate and a cross brace being offset to lie flat with the outer surface of the said vertical stake, said cross brace riveted to said vertical stake and to the plate. v I

6. A freight car comprising in part a wooden side, a metal plate disposed along the upper edge of the wooden side, an angular member secured along the upper edge of the metal plate and extending outwardly, so that the metal plate and angular member form substantially a Z-bar construction, the lower leg of the Z-bar construction acting as a cover for the upper surface of the wooden side and the upper leg forming a top rail.

7. A freight car comprising in part a Wooden side, a metal Z-bar construction secured to the side of the car above the wooden portion thereof, one leg of the 2 construction acting as a cover for theupper surface of the wooden side and another leg of the Z forming a top rail for the car.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM E. WINE. 

